Which of the following expresses a theme in "the secret"? a. a poet remembers every detail in every poem she writes. b. people read poetry to forget their problems. c. it is easy to forget lines of poetry. d. a poem can have many different meanings to different people.

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?

Most children brought up in brooklyn before the first world war remember day there with a peculiartenderness. it was the day children went around "ragamuffin" or "slamming gates," wearing costumes topped off by apenny maskbased on this excerpt, what is the author's purpose in writing?

Read the poem "travel" by edna st. vincent millay. the railroad track is miles away, and the day is loud with voices speaking, yet there isn't a train goes by all day but i hear its whistle shrieking. all night there isn't a train goes by, though the night is still for sleep and dreaming, but i see its cinders red on the sky, and hear its engine steaming. my heart is warm with friends i make, and better friends i'll not be knowing; yet there isn't a train i wouldn't take, no matter where it's going. what is the central idea of this poem? the narrator is preoccupied by a desire to travel. the narrator spends many hours traveling by train. the narrator is frustrated by the noise of travelers. the narrator has fond memories of her travels.